Author Archives: Matt Jury
The Pastor’s Prayer
The axiom of a preacher’s career should be, ‘By the help of the great Pastor of the flock, I will be a pastor-preacher.’
The Worst Place To Use Your IPod
Courtesy of The Sacred Sandwich
Why Are Hypocrites Hypocrites?
Unbelief is the root of all hypocrisy and apostasy.
The Heart Prepared for Worship
True worship can only come from a heart prepared by the Lord.
Courtesy Is the Grace of Christ in Action
Now courtesy is not an art, and still less is it an artiface. We cannot ‘put it on.’ It is not a work but a fruit. It is natural, not artificial. It is not made; it grows. Graciousness is the outer appearance of inward grace. To be really courteous we must dwell in the courts of the King, and sit with Him at His table…. Can a fig tree bring forth thistles? If we are ungracious the fault is not superficial. It must be sought for at the roots.
The Church Is a Hospital
The Church of Christ is a very hospital of backsliding Christians, who meant honestly, in the joy of their first love, to live wholly for God, and who gradually sank down into a life of formality and feebleness. There is nothing the Church needs more than the preaching of daily diligence and perseverance as the indispensable condition of growth and strength.
It Is Well with My Soul
Complainers Are Not Leaders
Complainers are rarely leaders themselves; their gripes are usually a symptom of their sense of powerlessness.
J. B. Phillips in Marshall Shelley, ed., Well-Intentioned Dragons p. 120
Life Is Worship 